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Jul 19 2012

Memorial observances set

Memorial services were set for Friday and Saturday for civil rights activist Willis Edwards, who died of cancer Friday at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Mission Hills at age 66.

The Los Angeles Urban League has arranged “An Evening of Reflections” to be held from 6-8 p.m. Friday at Angelus Funeral Home, 3875 Crenshaw Blvd., and “A Celebration of Life” funeral service will be held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at First A.M.E. Church, 2270 S. Harvard Blvd.

Dec 29 2011

Spreads to Los Angeles

The Occupy movement is an international protest movement which is primarily directed against economic and social inequality. The first Occupy protest to receive wide coverage was Occupy Wall Street in New York City, which began on Sept. 17, 2011. By Oct. 9, Occupy protests had taken place or were ongoing in over 95 cities across 82 countries, and over 600 communities in the United States, including Los Angeles. As of Dec. 20, the Meetup page “Occupy Together” listed 2,751 Occupy communities worldwide.

C. Alexander Haywood   |   OW Staff Writer
Dec 29 2011

Revolution rendered useless

When the Black Panther Party was established, it stood for more than Black Power. It stood for self-defense and self-reliance. But to middleclass White America, it stood for what FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover described as “The greatest threat to the internal security of the country.”

Consequently, after much opposition and governmental surveillance and infiltration, the group met its demise in 1970.

Sep 16 2011

JW Marriott at L.A. Live

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—The three-day California Republican Party 2011 Fall Convention will begin today in downtown Los Angeles, focusing on the 2012 presidential race and efforts to reach out to Latino and Asian American voters.

Gregg Reese  |   OW Staff Writer
Jul 28 2011

Activist, politician, former NAACP chairman

Social activist and civil rights leader Julian Bond became the latest speaker at the Zócalo Public Square lecture series held in the Petersen Automotive Museum this past Monday.

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.
 

Alabama
Freeman A. Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will address the annual African American Business Council luncheon on June 28. Hrabowski, who is chairman of President Barack Obama’s Advisory Commission on Education Excellence for African Americans, has a national reputation for his work studying the performance of minority students in math and science. Hrabowski, named one of the 10 best college presidents in the country by Time magazine, was a child leader in the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham in the 1960s.
 

Arkansas
The Liberty Counsel filed a motion and a brief in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas seeking to intervene on behalf of a Concepts of Life crisis pregnancy center to defend against a suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Rights. The groups seek to impose a permanent injunction before the Human Heartbeat Protection Act goes into effect July 18. Liberty Counsel also filed a brief opposing the ACLU’s request for an injunction. The “Heartbeat” bill states that when a woman seeks an abortion at or after the 12th week, doctors must test for a fetal heartbeat before an abortion is performed and inform the pregnant mother that the child in her womb has a heartbeat. If a heartbeat is detected, a woman cannot have an abortion, except in cases of rape, incest, and if a mother’s life is in danger. “As we promised when the legislation was introduced, Liberty Counsel will defend this law without reservation for the people of Arkansas, born and pre-born,” said Matt Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel. “No right is more foundational than the right to life. Without life, all other rights are irrelevant,” concluded Staver.